Satisfied 14th Birthday, Charlie! 🥳 🎉

Satisfied 14th Birthday to my stunning seal mitted Ragdoll cat, Charlie! I really can’t imagine Charlie is 14.  He has a kind of younger and robust personalities that it’s laborious to believe him ever being outdated. Charlie used to be intended to be mine. I do know that now greater than ever. If you happen to imagine in manifesting what you need, it labored for me getting my Charlie.  The primary Ragdoll in our circle of relatives, and the rationale I sought after one for myself, used to be Halston, a seal mitted with a blaze Ragdoll cat. I at all times sought after a seal mitted with a blaze on account of Halston.  After I began Floppycats and knew I wouldn’t have my Rags for much longer, I had a imaginative and prescient board. On that imaginative and prescient board, I put a cat that appeared virtually precisely like Charlie.  Earlier than Rags died, I had consolidated down an inventory of breeders I knew who have been nonetheless breeding cats associated with Rags.  A kind of used to be Soulmate Ragdolls in North Carolina.

About 5 months after Rags died, I used to be in Albuquerque, New Mexico taking a look in the course of the to be had kittens on that consolidated breeders record – simply went to every in their web sites to peer if they’d indexed one thing new.  I wasn’t in a position for kittens.  However that night time, staring again at me used to be “Casey” – which used to be Charlie.  It’s humorous as a result of “Casey” pronounced aloud sounds identical to “KC” (Kansas Town) the place I’m from.  Even if I wasn’t in a position for a kitten, I knew he used to be intended to be mine. He used to be very best…and had an ideal hourglass blaze.

As lots of you realize, we now have labored diligently with Pam of Purrrfectly Holistic to heal my guys.  And they’ve been doing such a lot higher than remaining 12 months – till Charlie were given fleas once more on or round June eighth.  Of all of the issues I’m maximum inspired with within the remaining 12 months, it’s Charlie consuming uncooked.  I by no means idea I might see it in my lifestyles with him.  However he does and he does it willingly, and I owe all of it to Pam of Purrrfectly Holistic.  I attempted to transition my cats to uncooked once they have been six years outdated – like actually attempted, and it didn’t paintings.  And with Pam we have been transitioned in 2 weeks.  August will mark 1 12 months that they have got totally been on uncooked, and I’m simply over the moon about that. Charlie is a kind of pets who has F.A.D – sometimes called flea hypersensitive reaction dermatitis.  It’s MISERABLE.  Although they don’t keep on him – if he’s bitten via a flea, it’s all downhill from there.  He scratches, itches and licks like a loopy guy.  The pinnacle tremor he were given from topical flea medicines comes again, and it’s a residing hell for us each – even supposing most likely extra only for me. And on best of looking to arrange Charlie’s loopy reaction to the flea bites, you additionally need to stay alongside of vacuuming, cleansing, and so on. in order that the flea inhabitants does now not building up.  And, in fact, since topical flea meds have neurotoxin chemical substances, I can’t give him the ones to eliminate the fleas briefly.  Since the ones topicals already affected him very much, I’m too scared any other dose would purpose a seizure or one thing of that nature that will put him in a worse state.  So we need to take on is of course and it’s an enormous problem.  It takes weeks and weeks of caregiving and weeks and weeks of cleansing.  To not point out baths with Charlie, which as now not loved via both of us.  By way of the way in which, those pictures are those I may ship to other people on YouTube once they inform me that Charlie is fats.  Charlie’s coat, when dry, stands proud directly from his frame.  In contrast to Trigg’s this is lengthy, however lays flat, Charlie’s sticks directly out, making him glance a lot better than he in reality is.  Charlie has a crepe coat, which I discovered about from a YouTube viewer who’s a veterinarian in Scandinavia.  She stated that he has flat hair follicles, which is what they at all times search for in Scandinavia as it takes endlessly for it to get rainy (ultimate for his or her snowy and icy iciness months) – and isn’t that the reality!  I will be able to sell off gallons of water on him sooner than he will get rainy.  And it takes a very long time to dry him.

We have been just about on the finish of that procedure remaining week, however then my energy went out for three days after Kansas Town had a significant thunderstorm with 100 MPH winds.  Since my energy used to be out for 3 days, I may now not vacuum to stay the flea inhabitants beneath regulate.  I did put diatomaceous earth everywhere my carpets and put it on my cats.  Thoughts you, we simply went thru this 7 months in the past. Sadly, the detox we underwent with Pam, the uncooked meals, and so on., didn’t stay him from getting bitten via fleas.  And there’s something off along with his immune device as a result of Trigg isn’t stricken via fleas within the slightest.  Actually, fleas don’t keep on him as a result of they don’t like how he tastes or one thing.  Charlie’s mom had kind B blood.  Maximum cats have kind A.  And when a mom has kind B, the kittens need to be blood examined to peer what they’re.  Charlie is kind A.  In consequence, he couldn’t get her collustrum, or it could have killed him.  So because of this, very early on, his immune device didn’t get the spice up that many do from collustrum.  I believe that is why I’ve struggled such a lot with him.

Charlie LOVES to head out of doors in our fenced-in yard, and that is the place the flea infestation started.  Although I had put down nematodes, a circle of relatives of raccoons had introduced in additional fleas than the nematodes may deal with…all unbeknownst to me till they have been on Charlie in the home, which larger the inhabitants in the home too. So Charlie has now not long gone out of doors since all of this took place.  And he’s depressed about it, however I’m operating on getting him proper and discovering a greater non-toxic everlasting resolution so we don’t ever need to handle this once more.  So our conventional out of doors birthday hat picture didn’t occur this 12 months – as I wasn’t expecting the distress we now have been thru.  And I so hope after I write subsequent 12 months’s publish that it is a very far-off reminiscence that I by no means need to handle ever once more.

Again to the superstar of the display and honoring Charlie on his birthday.

So, Rags died in March 2009, and I noticed that picture of “Casey” on his breeder’s website online in August 2009. I introduced him house in October.  I finished up flying out to get him with my mother when he used to be in a position to come back house at 12 weeks. He wasn’t fearful of a darn factor.

I had made a protected room for Charlie – as I counsel in my e book, A Ragdoll Kitten Care Information: Bringing Your Ragdoll Kitten House. He used to be performed with that when 1 hour. After which I unfolded the remainder of the second one flooring to him. He used to be performed with that when 2 hours. He sought after the entire space. Since I had no different pets, I let him have get entry to and most effective locked him up at night time.

He has at all times been outgoing. I hate stereotypes, however I’ve discovered that blaze cats are most often outgoing. He meets other people on the door and doesn’t know a stranger. Alternatively, he doesn’t actually love to be petted via those other people. Many of us see a fluffy cat and wish to be candy and delicate.

However Charlie has a VERY SENSITIVE coat as a result of he has flat hair follicles (maximum cats have spherical), so each time we meet a brand new vet or chiropractor or no matter, I inform them, “Do no flippantly contact him. He hates that. Be company and assured on your touches.” I needed to give this caution a number of instances over the past 12 months!

Charlie incessantly makes eye touch with me. I actually admire that. I may have a look at my Rags and know precisely what he wanted and sought after, and I’m there with Charlie now too. I take into account when Rags died, I questioned if I might ever have that with my cat once more. I’m thankful I do with Charlie.

If Charlie needs one thing, he’s going to permit you to know – and now not depart you on my own. This hasn’t modified a lot since he used to be a kitten:

Trigg and Charlie love every different, they usually love to play and chase every different, however I wouldn’t say they’re a bonded pair. Trigg wish to snuggle and be nearer pals, however Charlie values his independence. He doesn’t actually want Trigg round, and doesn’t essentially care after I focal point my consideration on Trigg when he’s round.

If Charlie is asleep, he doesn’t care if I display consideration to Trigg.

Charlie adores making the mattress (I haven’t allowed this just lately, on account of the flea egg drawback – he has been denied many stuff he loves, and my center is heavy with guilt):

I actually hope this subsequent 12 months of Charlie’s lifestyles is a 12 months of extra therapeutic for Charlie.  We now have signed as much as paintings with Dr. Katie Woodley – to with a bit of luck heal him even additional, so we don’t finally end up with any other flea drawback like we now have within the remaining 7 months 2x.

I’ve discovered so much from Charlie within the remaining two years.  I’ve discovered so much about what makes kitties unwell, what makes them more potent, what merchandise we will be able to give to lend a hand them, what exams we will be able to do to get them higher, what we will be able to feed that may give them optimum well being, and so a lot more. I’m very thankful for that. I’m sorry that Charlie has long gone thru what he has long gone thru on account of my lack of knowledge. However I’m hoping the lifestyles courses I’ve discovered can lend a hand many different Floppycatters and plenty of extra of my cats.

Hello, I’m Jenny Dean, writer of Floppycats! Ever since my Aunt were given the primary Ragdoll cat in our circle of relatives, I’ve cherished the breed. Impressed via my formative years Ragdoll cat, Rags, I created Floppycats to glue, proportion and encourage different Ragdoll cat fans all over the world,